{"id":24844,"date":"2025-10-27T14:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/besuchen\/projekte-vermittlung\/museen-sind-politisch\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:53:58","slug":"museums-are-political","status":"publish","type":"retrospective","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/join-in\/retrospective\/museums-are-political\/","title":{"rendered":"Museums are political!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How can cultural institutions and individuals take responsibility and actively strengthen an open, democratic society? Since spring 2024, the Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin has been addressing this question in the series \u201cAn Exercise in Defending Democracy\u201d.

The recent guideline published by the German Museums Association, \u201cMuseen im politischen Raum: Spielr\u00e4ume kennen, Haltung zeigen\u201d (\u201cMuseums in the political sphere: Knowing the scope, showing attitude\u201d), has reignited the debate on responsibility and institutional (lack of) freedom beyond the museum world.

Together with our guests, we explored spheres of action, hope, and courageous museums on 19 September 2025.
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Melanelle B. C. H\u00e9m\u00eafa, Autorin & Spoken Word Artist, Dozentin, Kuratorin und Moderatorin, Beraterin, Strategin und Supervisorin

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Menekse Wenzler, Vice and Administrative Director, Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, Member of the Board German Museums Association

Dr. Ibou Diop, project lead, Citywide Memory Concept \"Colonialism\", Stadtmuseum Berlin Landesmuseum f\u00fcr Kultur und Geschichte Berlins, Head of Competence Centre for Decolonization

Deborah Hartmann, Director, Gedenk- und Bildungsst\u00e4tte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz
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